Monday Night Duck Club
Join us on 1st & 3rd Mondays as we work on our entries for the Federal Duck Stamp Competition! This is a drop-in, semi-instructed painting class.
Time & Location
Apr 20, 2026, 5:00 PM – Aug 15, 2026, 8:00 PM
Pulp Beach Studio, 1705 NE 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601, USA
1st & 3rd Mondays
April 20–August 15
5–8pm
Yes, we really will be working on our entries for the 2026 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest! This is a semi-instructed class, meaning Ang will be working on their own contest entry, but available to provide some guidance and answer questions. Drop-ins are welcome, but students should be seriously interested in creating an original artwork in accordance with the competition guidelines (regardless of whether they opt to submit the work into the competition).
Sliding Scale $10–$20 per class. Cash or Venmo at the door.
I won't be selling online tickets for this series! If you're joining Monday Night Duck Club for the first time, text me at (352) 514-9889 and we'll make sure you get to the studio in one piece!
Monday Night Duck Club is going to be a fun time! Bring snacks, arrive late or leave early, and maybe we'll even screen some relevant films, like The Million Dollar Duck documentary and Fargo.
Students under 18 are also welcome to join Monday Night Duck Club in order to create artwork for submission to the Junior Duck Stamp Competition next Spring.
Contest Regulations
The formal guidelines for the Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest can be found here, and there's an explanatory video of the rules by content creator and duck stamp influencer Kira Sabin here!
For this year's competition, the eligible species are:
Cackling Goose (new species!)
Blue-winged Teal
Mottled Duck
Long-tailed Duck
King Eider
The rules and deadlines for the Junior Duck Stamp Competition are a bit different, and can be found here.

Materials
In accordance with the contest regulations, you will need:
Original reference materials
Media, e.g. oil paint. The contest does not specify a material; only that the work is 2D and not digital.
Tools and other materials (brushes, gesso, etc)
9"x 12" matboard, cut to a 1" border for a final presentation of 7"x 10"